Per the media outlet KV News, the comments were made by the MP Sergei Kalashnikov, formerly the Minister of Labor and Social Development and the first deputy chairman of the Sate Duma’s Committee on Economic Policy.
Kalashnikov stated that the CBDC would help the country fight against black market dollar trading….
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